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Higher penalties await overcharging taxis, ‘colorum’ in NAIA

MANILA, Aug. 8 -- Abusive taxi drivers and "colorum" vehicle operators at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) should be wary of higher penalties awaiting them. The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA)...

Army, PNP hunt down BIFF in Maguindanao

SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao, Aug 8 – Police and military forces in the province of Maguindanao have been placed on heightened alert after outlawed Moro armed group harassed Army and PNP detachments...

Construction of P9-B new Zambo airport pushed

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 8 – The long-awaited construction of a new airport in this city has been endorsed as a priority project to the national government for funding, Mayor Maria Isabelle...

Mindanao solons support Marawi rehab budget

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, August 7 — Next year's national budget should include funds for the rehabilitation of Marawi City. This was the consensus of several Mindanaoan lawmakers as the Lower House...

Makati conducts retagging, survey of areas along West Valley Fault

MANILA, Aug. 8 – The city government has started the retagging of properties and survey of households located within the five-meter buffer zone on either side of the West Valley Fault...

2 quakes jolt Negros Oriental, new fault line eyed

DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug. 8 – Two earthquakes rocked parts of Negros Oriental on Tuesday morning, with both tremors described by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) here as locally...

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